Primary and Secondary Colours Worksheet

Art and painting lesson 1: Primary and secondary colours · Set 348 · 40 questions

Artist's tip (Two make one): Primary colours: red, yellow, blue — they cannot be mixed from other paints. Secondary colours: orange = red + yellow, green = blue + yellow, purple = red + blue. To find a missing colour, ask: which two primaries are inside this secondary colour?

1. 1.🎨 Is red a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
2. 2.🎨 Mix red and yellow paint. Which colour do you get? (a) purple (b) orange (c) green
3. 3.Which two paint colours mixed together make orange? (a) blue and red (b) red and yellow (c) yellow and blue (d) blue and yellow
4. 4.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue (d) orange
5. 5.Which colours can NOT be made by mixing other paints? (a) the primary colours (b) the tertiary colours (c) brown and grey (d) the secondary colours
6. 6.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) yellow (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
7. 7.True or false: green is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
8. 8.Which of these is a secondary colour? (a) green (b) yellow (c) blue (d) red
9. 9.True or false: blue is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
10. 10.Which secondary colour has NO red in it? (a) orange (b) purple (c) green
11. 11.True or false: blue is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
12. 12.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) orange (b) purple (c) blue (d) green
13. 13.🔍 Which is the odd one out? (a) blue (b) orange (c) green (d) purple
14. 14.True or false: purple is a primary colour. (a) True (b) False
15. 15.True or false: red is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
16. 16.🎨 Is purple a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
17. 17.🎨 Is green a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) primary colour (b) secondary colour
18. 18.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? yellow + ? = orange (a) yellow (b) red (c) blue
19. 19.Which primary colour is in BOTH green and purple? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
20. 20.A secondary colour is made by mixing… (a) two secondary colours (b) three neutral colours (c) two primary colours (d) black and white
21. 21.🎨 Is orange a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
22. 22.🎨 How many secondary colours are there?
23. 23.True or false: the paint sum ? + yellow = orange needs red. (a) True (b) False
24. 24.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? ? + blue = green (a) yellow (b) blue (c) red
25. 25.True or false: mixing red and yellow paint makes orange. (a) False (b) True
26. 26.Which secondary colour has NO blue in it? (a) orange (b) green (c) purple
27. 27.True or false: mixing red and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
28. 28.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = orange (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
29. 29.🎨 Is blue a primary colour or a secondary colour? (a) secondary colour (b) primary colour
30. 30.Which primary colour is in BOTH orange and green? (a) red (b) blue (c) yellow
31. 31.True or false: orange is a secondary colour. (a) False (b) True
32. 32.🎨 Mix blue and red paint. Which colour do you get? (a) green (b) orange (c) purple
33. 33.Which two paint colours mixed together make green? (a) red and blue (b) yellow and blue (c) blue and red (d) yellow and red
34. 34.Which of these is a primary colour? (a) red (b) orange (c) purple (d) green
35. 35.True or false: mixing blue and red paint makes purple. (a) True (b) False
36. 36.True or false: yellow is a primary colour. (a) False (b) True
37. 37.🎨 How many primary colours do painters mix with?
38. 38.True or false: mixing yellow and blue paint makes purple. (a) False (b) True
39. 39.🧩 Which paint colour fills the gap? red + ? = purple (a) red (b) yellow (c) blue
40. 40.🎨 How many primary colours are mixed to make one secondary colour?

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